Spread the word about pervious concrete
September 19th, 2007 by Rebecca Wasieleski. Posted in Concrete ContractorEvery once in a while you read about a ridiculous study that makes you wonder why on Earth someone would want to/need to know that information. I just ran across one of those studies today. But after thinking about it a little bit I realized how this information impacts my Concrete Contractor readers.
The recent study found that Tippecanoe County in Indiana has a total of 355,000 parking spaces for 155,000 county residents. An article about the study goes on to say that parking lots contribute to pollution in our lakes and rivers and also increase urban heating. The article, however, offers essentially no suggestion for combating stormwater runoff pollution or the heat island effect. Concrete contractors hold the perfect solution to both these problems with pervious concrete.
As the green building movement grows, it’s important for the concrete industry to keep the general public informed of the ways concrete fits into green building. Pervious concrete is just one solution concrete offers customers looking to make their projects green. Spread the word!
November 28th, 2007 at 9:19 am
I’m doing some work for a reinforced fiber company and learned that the acceptance of fibers is relatively low. According to Freedonia, fibers were used in less than 13% of the concrete placed in 2005.
The benefits seem obvious to me to use fibers instead of wire mesh, but I’m not a concrete contractor. Fibers have been available now for over 20 years. Any thoughts on why they haven’t been adopted at a higher rate by now? It just seems like I’m missing something. Either the fiber suppliers are doing a terrible job getting the message out, or there is something in the field that we don’t know about.